Profile

Laurie Beck Peterson

Senior Lecturer

BFA, Syracuse University

Laurie Beck Peterson is a commercial photographer and non-silver printmaker in Philadelphia. Following a career as an in-house photographer at the Eastman Kodak Company, she opened her own commercial business in Philadelphia, which she currently runs. For the past 14 years, Laurie has also dedicated herself to building several bodies of work in non-silver photography that revolve around the human figure, nature and pinhole images of architecture.

Currently, Laurie teaches beginning and advanced non-silver photography at the University of the Arts and Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. She has also taught in the CE and PIE programs. She is a past board member of First Person Arts.

Her work is in the collections of the Eastman School of Music, Solutions for Progress (Bob Brand) and Valley Green Bank, as well as many private collections. Professional affiliations include the Print Center, ASMP, APA, SPE and Fleisher Art Memorial.